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Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714) was an English colonial administrator in North America. Andros was known most notably for his governorship of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other times, Andros served as governor of the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland. Prior to his service in North America, he served as bailiff of Guernsey. Andros' tenure in New England was authoritarian and turbulent, as his actions were viewed as pro-Anglican, damaging criticism in a region home to many Puritans. His actions in New England resulted in his overthrow during the 1689 Boston revolt.
Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism.
In the English-speaking world, she was one of the most widely read writers on such matters in the first half of the twentieth century. No other book of its type—until the appearance in 1946 of Aldous Huxley's The Perennial Philosophy—met with success to match that of her best-known work, Mysticism, published in 1911.
George Hornidge Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, OM, FRS (6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002) was a British chemist.His original research in developing the technique of flash photolysis to obtain information on short-lived molecular species provided the first evidence of free radicals. His later research utilised the technique to study the minutiae of the light reactionsof photosynthesis, with particular regard to possible applications to a hydrogen economy, of which he was a strong advocate. Porter became Fullerian Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Royal Institution in 1966. During his directorship of the Royal Institution, Porter was instrumental in the setting up of Applied Photophysics, a company created to supply instrumentation based on his group's work. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967 along with Manfred Eigen and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish. In the same year he became a Visiting Professor at University College London.
Rick Buckler (born Paul Richard Buckler, 6 December 1955 , in Woking, Surrey, England), is the former drummer of The Jam, an English rock band that enjoyed considerable success in the United Kingdom from 1977 until disbanding in 1982. Although spearheaded by the songwriter Paul Weller, the rhythm section of Buckler on drums and Bruce Foxton on bass guitar were an integral part of The Jam's sound and success. The Jam split at the behest of Weller.
Evelyn Underhill was a prolific writer who published 39 books and more than 350 articles and reviews. In her early years, she wrote on mysticism; in her latter years on the spiritual life as lived by ordinary people. This latter work is more accessible than the earlier writing. Perhaps the best introduction to her is Letters, edited by Charles Williams, which give an introduction to her principal ideas, her style of guidance, and her immense sense of humanity and accessibility. The Spiritual Life, an edition of her BBC broadcast, first given orally, is a clear, concise introduction to her thought. Most of Evelyn Underhill's retreats were published, and many are still in print. A wonderful anthology of her work is Delroy Oberg's Evelyn Underhill: Daily Readings with a Modern Mystic.
ReplyDeleteHer key early works on mysticism include Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness and Practical Mysticism.
Sir Edmund Andros, (born Dec. 6, 1637, London, Eng.—died Feb. 24, 1714, London), English administrator in North America who made an abortive attempt to stem growing colonial independence by imposing a kind of supercolony, the Dominion of New England.
ReplyDeleteAndros grew up as a page in the royal household, and his fidelity to the crown during its exile after the English Civil Wars was rewarded in 1674 by his appointment as governor of New York and New Jersey. (He was also knighted in 1678.) Although the mother country regarded him as an able and conscientious administrator, the colonists considered him both arrogant and arbitrary, and he was recalled in 1681.
Andros returned to America in 1686 as governor of the Dominion of New England, which included the jurisdiction of all the New England colonies and later of New York and New Jersey as well. Andros’ imposition of Episcopalian worship in the Old South Meetinghouse in Boston, his vigorous enforcement of the Navigation Acts, his requirement that landholders take out new land patents, and his limitations upon town meetings and rights of local taxation all aroused sharp resentment in colonial America. When news of the overthrow of James II (1688) reached Boston, the colonists revolted, deposing Andros and imprisoning him. Returned to England, he was tried and immediately released. He later served as governor of Virginia (1692), Maryland (1693–94), and the island of Guernsey (1704–06).
i'd like to tell you a few words about the period of Henry VI's royalty which was called Wars of the Roses. On Christmas Day 1454, King Henry regained his senses. Disaffected nobles who had grown in power during Henry's reign (most importantly the Earls of Warwick and Salisbury) took matters into their own hands by backing the claims of the rival House of York, first to the Regency, and then to the throne itself.
ReplyDeleteAfter a violent struggle between the houses of Lancaster and York, Henry was deposed and imprisoned on 4 March 1461 by his cousin, Edward of York, who became king, as Edward IV. By this point, Henry was suffering such a bout of madness that he was apparently laughing and singing while the Second Battle of St Albans raged, which secured his release. But Edward was still able to take the throne, though he failed to capture Henry and his queen, who fled to Scotland. During the first period of Edward IV's reign, Lancastrian resistance continued mainly under the leadership of Queen Margaret and the few nobles still loyal to her in the northern counties of England and Wales. Henry, who had been safely hidden by Lancastrian allies in Scotland, Northumberland and Yorkshire was captured by King Edward in 1465 and subsequently held captive in the Tower of London.
Lynn Fontanne (6 December 1887 — 30 July 1983) was a British-American actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years. She teamed with her husband, Alfred Lunt. Lunt and Fontanne shared a special Tony Award in 1970. They both won Emmy Awards in 1965, and Fontanne was a Kennedy Center honoree in 1980.
ReplyDeleteBuckler was reunited with Foxton and Edwards as 'Sharp', who recorded some songs for the short-lived Unicorn record label. These recordings have subsequently been re-issued on a Time UK anthology. Buckler started a furniture refurbishment business after Time UK's demise and produced and mixed the album Bound for Glory by The Highliners and drummed for them in 1990.
ReplyDeleteFrom November 2005, Buckler played drums in 'The Gift' with Russell Hastings (vocals/guitar) and Dave Moore (Bass), the band playing exclusively material by The Jam. In 2007, Bruce Foxton joined the lineup (with Moore moving to rhythm guitar and keyboards) and they began touring under the name of "From the Jam". On 15 September 2009 Buckler announced that he would no longer play and tour with the band.
In 2011 Rick Buckler returned in a new band If, co formed with Tim V from Sham 69 on vocals, and featuring Ian Whitewood on second drums,Tony Feedback on guitar, and Al Campbell on bass.
It's worth mentioning that Noel Anthony Clarke was born on the 6th of December in 1975. He is an English actor, director and screenwriter from London. He is best known for playing Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Mickey Smith in Doctor Who.
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ReplyDeleteSir Edmund Andros (pronounced Andrews) was a tough, take-charge kind of man. When he arrived in Boston in 1686, he was determined to make big changes.
ReplyDeleteAt that time, Massachusetts was one of 6 separate colonies in the region of New England. The other five were Maine, New Hampshire, Plymouth, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Andros's boss, King James II, believed that these colonies were far too independent of the king's control. Both Andros and James wanted New England colonists to pay more attention to the king's laws. They also worried that unless the six colonies were united under one government, they would not be able to defend themselves if an enemy attacked them.
Andros had orders from James II to get rid of the 6 different governments and replace them with one new government called the "Dominion of New England." To do that, he had to take away each colony's individual charter, the legal document that gave each colony its borders and specified how it would be governed.
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.
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